Goodwin Library’s January news

Thursday

Jan 31, 2013 at 3:15 AM

By STEPHANIE PIRO

FARMINGTON — If the weather is bad and the roads are not safe to travel on be sure to call the library at (603) 755-2944 before heading out. We want to keep our staff and patrons safe and we are happy to renew materials for you. You may self-renew online or by email (circulation@goodwinlibrary.org). We do not charge late fines for days that we are closed.

Gardener’s Roundtable

The next meeting is on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. We will not be meeting in January as it is right after the holidays but we will be meeting in February for our annual organizational meeting. Come join us to discuss dates for a seed swap, the next harvest dinner, garden tours, a Stonyfield trip and speakers we would like to have. Enjoy those seed catalogs and know that spring will come!

Goodwin Library Book Club

The next session is on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 6 p.m. This month we will be reading the recent best-seller: The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch. Set in Germany, 1660: when a dying boy is pulled from the river with a mark crudely tattooed on his shoulder, hangman Jakob Kuisl is called upon to investigate whether witchcraft is at play. The author is a descendent of the Kuisls’, a famous Bavarian executioner clan. Check out a copy and join in on the discussion!

Goodwin Library Writers Group

The next meeting is on Wednesday Jan. 30 at 6 p.m. Would you like to share your writing with other writers and get feedback (but not criticism)? Then come sit in and meet some of the best writers in the area (and become one of them!). Whether you are a poet, a memoirist, a playwright, author of fiction or non-fiction or even a singer/songwriter … there is a place at the table for you.

Heads-up, poets! The Goodwin Library’s 11th Annual Poetry Contest will be kicking-off in February to give you an early start to write or compile your poems for entry. The Annual Poet’s Tea and Awards Ceremony will be Wednesday, April 24 at 6 p.m. so mark your calendars. The deadline for entries will be Friday, April 5. Forms will be available online and at the library the beginning of February.

Our wonderful therapy dog Ava is taking a short vacation during this holiday season. She will be returning to listen to your stories after the New Year. Please watch for more information!

For more information on our Children’s and Teen Programs, check out our Blogs and Face Book pages! Children’s Room Blog, http://goodwinkidsblog.blogspot.com/

For more news, check out our teens’ blog at http://goodwinteensblog.blogspot.com/ and “friend” Goodwin Librarians on Facebook!

Genealogy

Reminder: Our Historical/Genealogical collection is a secured collection and requires the assistance of Staff for access. Due to staffing limitations, we are unable to assist patrons on a drop-in basis. Please e-mail your requests to reference@goodwinlibrary.org and include your contact information. We will make every effort to find your information prior to your visit. If you have a library card, you may access our database Heritage Quest from the Library and/or home. We also offer Ancestry.com Library Edition; however, this database can only be used in the Library. Visit www.goodwinlibrary.org and click the “Catalog” tab to access this information.

On the Shelf reviews

In Maureen Johnson’s The Name of the Star, our protagonist, Rory, (short for Aurora) is a nice southern girl whose professor parents are taking a sabbatical leave to teach American law in Bristol, England. Rory is all set for adventure and doing her senior high school year at an English boarding school in East London called Wexford. She gets a little more adventure than she bargained for, as she arrives at Wexford in the midst of a serial killer recreating Jack the Ripper’s infamous crimes on the same dates, more than 100 years later! And the school is right in the classic kill zone, near Whitechapel. You might think this is just another serial-killer story and you might be wrong. That’s something you’ll need to discover for yourself, as Rory does.

Be sure to check the Militant Recommender Book Review Blog for this and other reviews at http://militantrecommender.blogspot.com/

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